Reader: State should lower income taxes

Here is a 10-point plan from reader John Jaeger of Irvine for fixing California:

1. Reduce spending for higher education and K-12 by at least 10 percent.

2. Provide $2,000 education vouchers for parents of children in first through 12th grades.

3. Award contracts on the basis of lowest bid, irrespective of union status of subcontractor.

4. Stop stifling business by reversing onerous regulations and taxes.

5. Reduce the state sales tax by half.

6. Put a freeze on all retirement cost of living increases for three years.

7. Reduce state income taxes by at least 10 percent.

8. Cut frivolous commissions and agencies which number in the hundreds.

9. Eliminate all public transportation subsidies.

10. Enforce illegal immigration laws as Arizona is doing. This alone will save California hundreds of millions of dollars.

John Jaeger of Irvine is a reader of The Orange County Register who submitted his ideas for fixing California. Send your own solutions to us at TheCaliforniaProject@ocregister.com or leave a message at 714-796-3605. Your comments may be used in print or online in future stories. If you do not want your full name included with your comments, please let us know. If you do want your name attached, we'd also like to include your city of residence and age.